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Malaise is defined as something wrong with the society in the absence of definite flaw or solution. It is a catalyst of rules and an inspiration of change. There is no such thing as "should" or "must," which reason does not permit. Life is all about reason.
A normal person would wake up in the morning, drink a cup of coffee and munch a spoonful of breakfast, while reading a newspaper or listening to music. Morning sun plus a splash of cold shower is very energizing. When backed up by a daily routine of household chores and an everyday experience of going to work, the timeline seems perfect. By 6 or 7 PM, he’s home to eat dinner with the family. He would sleep at night and do the same routine again.
Routines are great. Every activity may seem to be effortless. But, it is the power of reiteration which establishes learning. Learning is not just all about mastery. It is a continuous discovery that perpetuates challenges. And most of all, it's the ability to DEFINE, to REASON and to QUESTION.
Rules are formula, they are not the answer. If it’s giving out the wrong answer, then it's not an effective formula anymore. Life is not all about sticking to a formula, but it's about finding the right answer.
What is your goal? What it is that you want? Why are you doing that? If your answer is "I'm doing that because that's the right thing to do," then it sounds like a misconception because the definition of the right thing is what everybody else is doing. Making a point out of something is reason, but going to a point of where everybody does means conformity.
Like the notion of right and wrong, reasons are neither established nor defined from the day that we are born. It is developed in a day to day basis; from the summon of facts, events and values that we possess. Reason varies from person to person. There is no universal reason that exists except from the ones that formed through the same value, origin and situation.
Not all reasons have rules, but every rule must have a reason.
If there is a pill that could breakdown the implanted rules, reasons or definitions in our minds, then the world may seem to be so vast with endless possibilities. It would be okay to eat ice cream for breakfast, or to break the acceptable routine of waking up in the morning and sleeping at night. It's okay not to be like everybody else because in reality, no one is ever alike.
People's perceptions are also boxed by rules or a formatted definition. A person who sleeps all day is pigeonholed as lazy. But what is the real definition of lazy? A person who sleeps all day or a person who's used to the routine which majority considers normal?
Laziness starts with the mind. Lazy is a person who does not allot a time to think whether what he has been told is right or wrong, or reasonable. Conformity without thinking is the utmost form of laziness. Lazy is a person who seeks validation from others without defining himself to the world. He just let the rules define him. It's more comfortable to follow the formula than to create one's own. But staying on a comfort zone is laziness.
Not every job is 8-5; not every source of income is employment; not every girl loves chocolates and romantic films; not every woman wants to have a child and have her own family; not every man's sole responsibility is proving food; not all teenage girl should have a girl best friend; not all kids love candies; not all tycoons worked hard for their money; and not all the facts or values that has been taught in school or home are right, or let me just say reasonable. It's not a question of credibility for parents and teachers that defy the rules; it's the question of not questioning rules.
The definition of normalcy is out of sync. As if, being normal is the ability to be like everybody else, to be under one rule. Would you rather be normal or reasonable?
JUST PUTTING A QUESTION MARK TO A STATEMENT.